Pubertal Male Rat Assay Peer Review Materials

EPA announced in a July 2007 Federal Register Notice (PDF) (4 pp, 67K, About PDF) the approach it intends to take for conducting peer reviews of the Tier 1 screening assays and Tier 2 testing assays that are being validated. As described in the Federal Register Notice, peer review materials will be posted as they become available. Materials may include the documents to be peer reviewed, background documents, the charge to the peer reviewers, and reports that summarize the results of peer reviews. Peer review materials for the Pubertal Male Rat Assay can be accessed below:

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The detailed review paper for the Male Pubertal Rat Assay, Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: prepubertal exposures and effects on sexual maturation and thyroid function in the male rat. A focus on the EDSTAC recommendations is copyrighted material and cannot be disseminated.

If you wish to locate a copy of the paper, please use the following citation: